Letters, April 20: Perilous state of health care

The Newport Specialty Hospital in Tustin is expected to close in the coming weeks. H. LORREN AU JR., ORANGE COUNTY

ORANGE, Robert Cole: In his column about Pacific Health Corp., Register columnist Bill Johnson suggests that the hospital owner of Newport Specialty Hospital in Tustin is

Newport Specialty Hospital in Tustin (Register photo)

more interested in the money than in the people ["Hospital's closure a failure of morality," Local, April 14]. If you take this thought farther, it also applies to Microsoft, Facebook and every newspaper still in business. Companies are in business to make a profit. Is Johnson suggesting America become a socialist or communist country?

Yes, it's sad when people can't get good health care, especially those who really need it. It costs money for the facility, equipment, supplies, salaries and more.

Ask your doctor if he or she sees patients who expect free medical coverage. Americans are becoming brainwashed to believe they should receive "free things." Where is all this money supposed to come from? Those who complain about a company closing down, feel free to make a donation to help that financial situation or donate health insurance to someone who has none.

As far as the hospitals that are closing, this is what happens when health care becomes free.

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HAWTHORNE, Barry Levy, DDS: There will be huge problems with new health care regulations that will make it harder for patients to find a doctor to treat them. No fear. While the system takes money that should go to health care treatment, the new health care law has provisions to fund workers who will help others fill out forms, thus creating another government layer of employees. Patients can just wait to find a doctor who might care for them.

It is worth remembering that, in health care and in free markets, you can have quality of care, speed of service and reasonable costs, but you can only choose two. It seems that with government trying to run health care, you can have none of the above.

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